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Foreign policy expert Andrew Gawthorpe on Trump's new financial war on Iran

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published August 22, 2026 at 5:43 AM MDT

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with international studies professor Andrew Gawthorpe about President Trump's pattern of shifting between military and economic action against Iran.

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Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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